Episodes

  • The Suspicious Shooting of Lisa Techel – A Cop-in-Training, a Pregnant Wife, and a Husband’s Impossible Alibi

    The Suspicious Shooting of Lisa Techel – A Cop-in-Training, a Pregnant Wife, and a Husband’s Impossible Alibi
    Aug 23 2025
    Seth and Lisa Techel were the picture of a happy, ambitious couple—newly married, expecting their first child, and both training for careers in law enforcement. But on a quiet Iowa morning in May 2011, their dream turned into a nightmare when Seth dialed 911 in a panic, reporting he’d found Lisa dead in their bed, shot in the chest.
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    30 mins
  • Romance novelist turned murderer? The case of Nancy Brophy

    Romance novelist turned murderer? The case of Nancy Brophy
    Aug 22 2025
    Novelist Nancy Brophy's romance novels are known as the "Wrong Series". They carry the tagline, "wrong never felt so right." As compelling as these sound, Nancy will almost certainly be remembered most for an article she published years before her husband's death, entitled, "How to Murder Your Husband"... By June 2018, Daniel and Nancy Brophy had been happily married for 25 years. At age 63, Daniel was a chef and culinary instructor at the Oregon Culinary Institute (OCI). He loved good food, gardens, chickens, his students and his wife. Nancy Brophy, 68 years old in 2018, had held a range of occupations over the years, from insurance agent, caterer and, most notably, romance writer. Nancy’s series of romance novels were not a great source of income. By 2016, the couple were reported to be having financial issues; pouring a significant amount of their income every month into a collection of about half a dozen insurance policies that Nancy had arranged. This particular “savings plan” as Nancy characterised it, was to become a great source of suspicion, when, on June 2, 2018, Daniel was found by his students, collapsed in the back kitchen of the culinary institute. When EMTs arrived on the scene they determined Dan had died of two gunshots; one to the back and one into his chest.
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    37 mins
  • The murder of Tara Grinstead and the conflicting stories of Bo Dukes and Ryan Duke

    The murder of Tara Grinstead and the conflicting stories of Bo Dukes and Ryan Duke
    Aug 21 2025
    On Monday 24 October, 2005 in Ocilla Georgia, Tara Grinstead, a local beauty queen and high school history teacher did not show up to work in the morning. Concerned colleagues, unable to reach her, promptly called the local authorities. When local law enforcement arrived at her home, they initially found few indications that anything was amiss. However, a closer look suggested foul play. Tara’s car was in the drive and her cell phone was left on her bedside table, but her purse and keys were missing. There were possible signs of a struggle in her bedroom but certainly nothing to suggest a fatal attack. However, a single latex glove was spotted on her front yard, only about 15 feet from Tara’s front door. And the 30-year-old teacher was no where to be found.
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    40 mins
  • A Pregnant Wife Slain, a Toddler Left Unharmed, and the Husband Who Knew Too Much

    A Pregnant Wife Slain, a Toddler Left Unharmed, and the Husband Who Knew Too Much
    Aug 20 2025
    Michelle Young had it all—a loving family, a thriving career, and a baby on the way. But on a cold November morning in 2006, her sister made a grisly discovery: Michelle’s lifeless body in her North Carolina home, brutally beaten to death. The only witness? Her eerily untouched two-year-old daughter, Cassidy, found hiding in the master bedroom—suspiciously clean, as if someone had carefully shielded her from the horror.
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    37 mins
  • A Mother's Truth: The unsolved case of Timothy Wiltsey

    A Mother's Truth: The unsolved case of Timothy Wiltsey
    Aug 19 2025
    In May 1991, Michelle Lodzinski was a 23 year old single mother to 5 year old Timothy Wiltsey. In only a few quick minutes whilst purchasing a soda at a Memorial Day carnival, Timothy disappeared from Michelle's sight. A highly publicised, massive search effort ensued. Law enforcement interviewed the young mother multiple times over the following months only to find that her story kept changing.
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    31 mins
  • Smoking Gun: The murder of Johnny Clarke and Lisa Straub

    Smoking Gun: The murder of Johnny Clarke and Lisa Straub
    Aug 18 2025
    Johnny Clarke and Lisa Straub were a happy couple in their early 20s working and studying near Toledo, Ohio. One night in late January 2011, Johnny's friend Tiffany called Johnny's cellphone to check up on their plans for the evening - and what she hears on the other end of the line scares her... Concerned that someone is threatening her friends in their own home, she calls both Johnny and Lisa repeatedly but she receives no answer. Frantic calls to 911 from Johnny's mother finally lead to a horrible discovery.
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    34 mins
  • Trial by Media: The murder of Paul Howell and the case against Julius Jones

    Trial by Media: The murder of Paul Howell and the case against Julius Jones
    Aug 17 2025
    Paul Howell was killed during a carjacking, in his parent’s driveway in Edmond, Oklahoma in July 1999. Julius Darius Jones, only 19 years old at the time, was convicted of the murder. Two decades later, Julius’ case caught the attention of some big name celebrities - from Kim Kardashian, James Corden, Baker Mayfield and Demi Lovato. The voice that these celebrities have given to the argument of Julius’ innocence has had a powerful impact. While Paul Howell’s family maintains that the evidence points to Julius Jones as guilty of the crime, a pardon and parole board in Oklahoma has recommended - twice - to have his sentence commuted to life with the possibility of parole.
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    32 mins
  • Mystery in the French Alps: The on-going case of the al-Hilli family murders

    Mystery in the French Alps: The on-going case of the al-Hilli family murders
    Aug 16 2025
    On a sunny Wednesday in September 2012, the al-Hilli family - Saad, his wife Ikbal, their two young daughters Zainab (7) and Zeena (4) and Ikbal's mother, Suhaila - left their campsite on the edge of Lake Annecy to take a forest walk in the nearby trails, surrounding the French Alps. The family was on vacation in France from their home in Surrey, England. They drove up a rough road and stopped - or were stopped - at a lay-by in the road. What happened next is shrouded in mystery.
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    33 mins